We stopped for breakkie in Keuruu, and what we saw of the little town made us want to explore it a little more; It was so tidy, there was a nostalgic paddle wheel next to a lovely restaurant, a picturesque blue wooden train station, lovely old wooden houses hosting museums, small design shops and events. Kids also found something they liked to climb on.

When we left Keuruu and drove northwest through a few other small towns, the ones close to Keuruu and Jyväskylä where cute and tidy. If we’d known that it was such a pretty area, we would had stopped for another night but now we had to continue to our main destination on the flat west coast leaving the lakes, hills and forest behind us. Well, as we found that there is more for us to explore in Jyväskylä, when we come back, we may have to spend some time in the surroundings as well .

Thanks, but it really was more fun than work! I thought it would be tougher but camping was actually in many ways more relaxing than hotels and restaurants, you have it all were youa re and you are not depending on anyone elses schdules, kids can roam/ play close to you and there is loads to play with! Also, we chose not to cover huge distances, we wanted to enjoy more than travel. I’m happy with the choice.

Well said, that is how it was! We’ll definitively do more of that. At least Sweden and Norway should be covered by camping (and how many years of travel plans was I looking at again…? 😉 So many places to visit… )

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